Where does “laserosoitin” come from?
laserosoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoitin, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
laserosoitin (Finnish): laser pointer
Ancestry of “laserosoitin”, step by step
laserosoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osoitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osoitin | pointer; pointer, cursor; indicator |
| 2 | Finnish | osoittaa | to show; to indicate; to point |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish laser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laser | laser |
| 2 | English | LASER | Acronym of light amplification by stimulated... |
| 3 | Latin | laser | the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida;... |